Looking for a private staffing job is about setting yourself apart from the field. That is a cliché and this article is about clichés and avoiding them.
Written by EMN
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Written by Kimberly Varney
A staffing design plan can be used to pitch your plans to the family office, the Chief of Staff, or whoever will need to approve your hiring. This exercise can also be the basis for your staffing budget, job descriptions, and scheduling.
Written by Tiffanie Kinder
When you hire new household staff, you cannot expect them to know exactly what you want or how you want it done. Even though you may have covered some of the job requisites during the interview process, you still need to develop an effective household staff training plan.
Written by Kimberly Varney
Cross-training among staff members is a great way to get everyone on the same page and to build consistency with service delivery. The experience provides an opportunity for employees to grow professionally while expanding their skill sets and strengthening their bond with the team. PRO MEMBER CONTENT
Written by EMN
Gold Porter, CEO of Riveter Consulting Group, shares her insight on working with agencies to place your household staff.
Written by EMN
The key to getting the staff you need, the job you want, or satisfying your client’s request lies in the job description. Learn how to write one in this on-demand session.
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Estate Manager Stella Martins and HR Advisor Lisa Petrello, from GTM Payroll Services, discuss important household HR issues including pay, PTO, termination, Covid, and what to include in an employee handbook.
Written by Adam King
One of the responsibilities I take on as an Estate Management EA is to handle the admin for scheduling staff and submitting their timesheets for approval. At any given time I have to track staff at over a dozen locations throughout the country, which can makes this a very time consuming task.
Written by EMN
As of January 1, 2022 all domestic worker employers in Chicago will be required to provide a written contract to their workers. Below are comprehensive sample contracts for home cleaners, nannies / childcare workers, and caregivers created by Arise Chicago. PRO MEMBER CONTENT
Written by Kimberly Varney
Of all of the things that need to be streamlined and organized, communication should be at the top of any Estate Manager’s list. Slack pulls a huge portion of minor texts and emails out of your inbox and into a repository for the entire team to reference and creates a platform for targeted group communication. Here’s how to set up Slack for your team. PRO MEMBER CONTENT
Written by Kimberly Varney
Recent headlines revealing that Jeffrey Epsteins’s House Manager and Staff had been instructed, and bound by non-disclosure agreements, to share nothing of the activities going on in the home brought the topic of NDA’s to the forefront of conversation.
Written by Kimberly Varney
By the lack of inclusion in the list of exemptions, it would appear that the definition of a workplace expands to include private residences. It’s unclear how enforcement would play out with limited access by any official observer to a private household setting
Written by Kimberly Varney
Under a new rule for the City of Chicago that takes effect Jan. 1, anyone who hires a domestic worker must provide them with a written contract in their primary language, as requested by the worker, regardless of their status as an employee or independent contractor.